Degrassi Junior High
| Degrassi Junior High | |
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The Degrassi Junior High title card.
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| Created by |
Linda Schuyler Kit Hood |
| Starring |
Cathy Keenan Dayo Ade Amanda Stepto Nicole Stoffman Pat Mastroianni Stacie Mistysyn Stefan Brogren Siluck Saysanasy Duncan Waugh and others. |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 42 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes (including commercials) |
| Production company(s) | Playing With Time Inc. |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBC Television |
| Original release | 18 January 1987 – 6 March 1989 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Kids of Degrassi Street |
| Followed by | Degrassi High |
Degrassi Junior High is a Canadian television series, the second series in the Degrassi franchise. The program aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1989.
The teen drama followed the lives of a group of students attending the titular fictional school. Many episodes tackled difficult topics such as drug use, child abuse, teenage pregnancy, homosexuality, homophobia, racism, and divorce, and the series was acclaimed for its sensitive and realistic portrayal of the challenges of teenage life. The cast comprised mainly non-professional actors, which added to the show's sense of realism.
The series featured many of the same actors who had starred on The Kids of Degrassi Street a few years earlier, including Stacie Mistysyn, Neil Hope, Anais Granofsky, Sarah Charlesworth and others. However, their character names and family situations had been changed, so Degrassi Junior High cannot, therefore, be considered a direct spinoff.
The legal counsel for all the episodes was Stephen Stohn who later became the executive producer of Degrassi: The Next Generation. The series was filmed at the unused Vincent Massey Public School in Etobicoke, Ontario.
In 1987, Degrassi Junior High won an International Emmy in the Children and Young People category for the episode "It's Late", where Christine "Spike" Nelson gets pregnant at Lucy's party after having sex with Shane. Spike's baby was named Emma, to commemorate the award, and Emma would end up being the inspiration for the spin-off series, Degrassi: The Next Generation.
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